What we are doing during the months of September and October:
Spanish – 7th Grade
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Review of greetings, expressions of common courtesy and common expressions
Review of the verb ir – to go, and expressions with the verb
Pronunciation
Commands and classroom directives
Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking interactive activities through story telling.
Classroom objects and expressions
Numbers and simple math
Personal Pronouns and the verb “ser” – to be, and expressions with the verb
Ser vs. estar
Gender of nouns – masculine and feminine
The definite and indefinite articles
The plural forms of the articles
The verb “tener” - to have, and expressions with the verb
Using adjectives to describe persons, places and things
Expressing negation
TPRS stories employing the major verbs and major grammatical points
Thematic units based on common activities
Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking interactive activities through story telling
Various verbs and expressions for expressing “to like” and “dislike”
Verbs ending in –ar, -er and -ir
Irregular plurals
The verb hacer – to make, to do, and expressions with the verb including weather
expressions.
The partitive and contractions with a and de
Conjunctions
Cultural readings
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Saying when you do various activities
Comparison of adverbs and adjectives
Present tense and special uses of the present tense
Word Order and conjunctions
Verbs ending in d, t, or n
The past tense of regular verbs
Interrogative words and question formation
Pronunciation
Cultural readings
French – 8th Grade
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Review of greetings, expressions of common courtesy and common expressions
Review of the verb être – to be, and expressions with the verb
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Review of the verb aller – to go, and common expressions with the verb
Review of the verb avoir – to have, and common
Review of the verb faire – to make, to do, and expressions with the verb
TPRS stories employing the major verbs and major grammatical points
Gender of nouns – masculine and feminine
The definite and indefinite articles
Words with different meanings in masculine and feminine forms
Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking interactive activities through story telling.
Thematic units of common activities
Plural forms of nouns
Expressing likes and dislikes
Major verbs in French
Comparison of adverbs and adjectives
Present tense and special uses of the present tense
Word Order and conjunctions
The partitive and contractions with à and de
Review of the passé composé (conversational past tense)
Interrogative words and question formation
Expressing possession in French
Pronunciation
Introducing the imperfect tense
Imperfect versus the passé composé
Cultural readings
French – 7th Grade
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Review of greetings, expressions of common courtesy and common expressions
Review of the verb aller – to go, and expressions with the verb
Pronunciation
Commands and classroom directives
Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking interactive activities through story telling.
Classroom objects and expressions
Numbers and simple math
Personal Pronouns and the verb “être” – to be, and expressions with the verb
Il est versus c’est
Gender of nouns – masculine and feminine
The definite and indefinite articles
The plural forms of the articles
The verb “avoir” - to have, and expressions with the verb
Using adjectives to describe persons, places and things
Expressing negation
TPRS stories employing the major verbs and major grammatical points
Thematic units based on common activities
Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking interactive activities through story telling
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Various verbs and expressions for expressing “to like” and “dislike”
Verbs ending in –er (these verbs constitute 80% of all French verbs)
Irregular plurals
The verb faire – to make, to do, and expressions with the verb including weather
expressions.
The partitive and contractions with à and de
Conjunctions
Cultural readings
French 6th Grade
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Greetings, responses, expressions of common courtesy and common expressions
Personal pronouns and the verb “être” – to be and expressions with the verb
Pronunciation and syllabication (division of words into syllable)
Classroom objects
Commands and classroom directives
Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking interactive activities through story telling.
The definite and indefinite articles
The plural forms of the articles
The verb aller – to go, and common expressions with the verb
Numbers
Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
The verb avoir – to have, and expressions with the verb
Using adjectives to describe persons, places and things
Geography, important cities and rivers in France
Introduction to some of the major verbs and common expressions in French through
storytelling
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